Posted by Editor on 08/30/08
Men's XC World Cup #8 - Canberra, Australia
Geoff Kabush has moved into second in the overall World Cup standings after Canberra, tied on points with Christoph Sauser (Specialized) at 945 points - Julien Absalon (Orbea) is uncatchable, at 1340 points. He is 48 points ahead of Burry Stander (GT) in fourth, and 81 in front of Jose Hermida (Multivan Merida), who is fifth. This virtually assures Kabush a top-5 overall finish in the World Cup after the final in Schladming, Austria in two weeks.
In the women's standings, Marie-Helene Premont (Rocky Mountain) has locked in the World Cup title with 1420 points, while Catharine Pendrel (Luna) has virtually clinched second overall at 1133 points. Marga Fullana (Massi) is third with 910 points.
Men's Results
1 Ralph Naef (Sui) Multivan Merida | 1:45:28 |
2 Jose Antonio Hermida (Esp) Multivan Merida | at 0:16 |
3 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis | 0:28 |
4 Florian Vogel (Sui) Swisspower | 0:47 |
5 Todd Wells (USA) GT | 1:46 |
6 Burry Stander * (RSA) GT | 2:30 |
7 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Cannondale-Vredestein | 3:33 |
8 Nino Schurter * (Sui) Swisspower | 3:38 |
9 Marco Aurelio Fontana (Ita) | 3:41 |
10 Chris Jongewaard (Aus) Dolphin-Trek | 4:07 |
11 Christoph Sauser (Sui) Specialized | 6:02 |
12 Daniel McConnell (Aus) | 6:13 |
13 Adam Craig (USA) Giant | 6:26 |
14 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized | 6:26 |
15 Rudi Van Houts (Ned) Dolphin-Trek | 7:30 |
16 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Cannondale-Vredestein | 9:03 |
17 Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chi) | 9:21 |
18 Giuseppe Lamastra (Ita) | 9:54 |
19 Lachlan Norris * (Aus) | 9:56 |
20 Dylan Cooper (Aus) | 10:30 |
21 Michael Broderick (USA) Kenda Seven | 10:44 |
22 Oliver Beckingsale (GBr) Giant | 10:51 |
23 Cal Britten * (Aus) | 10:53 |
24 Ken Onodera * (Jpn) Subaru-Gary Fisher | 11:27 |
25 Andrew Blair (Aus) | 11:44 |
26 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Versluys-Landbouwkrediet | 11:55 |
27 Nick Both (Aus) | 12:51 |
28 Nathan Haas * (Aus) | 13:53 |
29 Murray Spink (Aus) | 14:00 |
30 Brendon Sharratt (NZl) | 14:27 |
31 Shaun Lewis (Aus) | 15:41 |
32 Ben Henderson * (Aus) | 17:03 |
33 Brian Price (Aus) | 18:12 |
34 Andrew Bott (NZl) | 18:54 |
35 Brett Anderson * (Aus) | 19:13 |
36 Gavin McCarthy (NZl) | 19:15 |
37 James Maebus (Aus) | 19:34 |
38 Ben Grieve-Johnson * (Aus) | at 1 lap |
39 Rohin Adams (Aus) | at 1 lap |
40 Travis Frisby * (Aus) | at 1 lap |
41 Yu Takenouchi * (Jpn) | at 1 lap |
DNF Moritz Milatz (Ger) Multivan Merida | |
DNF Tim Madgwick (NZl) | |
DNF Mark Fenner (Aus) | |
DNF Kim Alexander Tofaute (Ger) Topeak Ergon |
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